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# Provider Exchange
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Provider Exchange is an early Laravel prototype for a provider-centered field service network and work-order exchange.
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The code is intended to be open source under the MIT License.
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Project record keeping lives in:
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- `CHANGELOG.md` for shipped changes, verification notes, and unusual commit/history notes.
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- `docs/ROADMAP.md` for the current build direction and deferred features.
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- Git for rollback and branch history.
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The `.old` backup convention is not used for routine Laravel edits in this project. Use Git for normal recovery. Create a local `.old` copy only before risky manual rewrites, legacy file replacement, or generated artifact recovery where a second local copy is useful before editing, then move that snapshot to an external archive safe outside the repo after the matching Git history is committed and pushed.
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The product goal is not to clone Field Nation. The first version focuses on:
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- provider and buyer profiles;
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- community posts;
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- buyer job posts;
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- provider quotes;
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- work-order assignment and status tracking;
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- mutual reviews;
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- peer-review dispute records;
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- external profile/rating snapshots from Field Nation, WorkMarket, and similar platforms.
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## Guardrails
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- The platform does not hold money in v1.
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- The platform does not set or recommend market rates.
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- Providers control their own rate cards and terms.
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- Buyers control their own posted offer terms.
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- Payment remains direct between buyer and provider unless a compliant payment partner is added later.
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- Reputation is mutual: providers review buyers and buyers review providers.
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- Dispute records are reputational/peer-review records, not legal adjudication.
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## Local Setup
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```bash
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composer install
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npm install
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cp .env.example .env
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php artisan key:generate
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touch database/database.sqlite
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php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
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php artisan storage:link
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npm run build
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php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8123
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```
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## Server Install
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See `docs/INSTALL.md` for the first-pass Ubuntu/Nginx installer and update script.
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## Demo Accounts
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All seeded demo accounts use password `password`.
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- `admin@example.com`
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- `provider@example.com`
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- `buyer@example.com`
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- `hybrid@example.com`
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## Test Commands
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```bash
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php artisan test
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npm run build
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```
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## Current Roadmap Status
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See `docs/ROADMAP.md` for the durable roadmap. The short status below is a convenience snapshot.
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1. Foundation: Laravel app, auth, roles, seeded demo users.
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2. Profiles: provider and buyer profiles.
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3. Social layer: community feed posts.
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4. Job posts: buyer job-post creation and listing.
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5. Quote flow: provider quotes and buyer acceptance.
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6. Work orders: assignment, role-aware status transitions, deliverables, messages, evidence files, completion notes.
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7. Reviews: mutual buyer/provider reviews with category metrics.
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8. Disputes: peer-review dispute records with comments, evidence files, and structured votes.
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9. API prep: Sanctum installed with starter API routes and authenticated work-order/dispute feeds.
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10. Hardening: tests, seed data, setup docs, database notifications, admin overview, and no-payment/no-rate-setting guardrails.
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## Implemented Hardening Pass
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- Polymorphic attachments for provider profiles, buyer profiles, feed posts, jobs, work orders, disputes, and imported external profiles.
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- Polymorphic comments for feed posts, jobs, and disputes.
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- Work-order messages between buyer and provider.
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- Quote revision history and quote decline flow.
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- Role-aware work-order transition rules.
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- Category review metrics for communication, scope accuracy, payment reliability, workmanship, and timeliness.
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- Dispute peer votes with provider/buyer/split/insufficient-evidence recommendations.
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- Database notifications for quote, work-order, review, and dispute events.
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- Admin overview page for users, jobs, work orders, disputes, and attachment counts.
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## External Profile Imports
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Provider profiles support manual external snapshots. For Field Nation, the first version records:
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- platform name;
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- external provider ID;
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- profile URL if available;
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- rating;
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- review count;
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- completed jobs;
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- notes or copied review summaries.
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Public search did not expose a Field Nation profile for provider ID `172-630`, so any automated Field Nation import should be treated as a later authenticated/export-assisted workflow rather than a public scrape assumption.
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